spreta

Italian

Verb

spreta

  1. inflection of spretarsi:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

sprēta

  1. inflection of sprētus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

sprētā

  1. ablative feminine singular of sprētus

Swedish

Verb

spreta (present spretar, preterite spretade, supine spretat, imperative spreta)

  1. to spread (limbs or fingers) out and apart stiffly, to sprawl, to splay
    att spreta med fingrarna
    to spread one's fingers wide
  2. to stick out (in different directions)
    Håret spretade åt alla håll
    His hair was sticking out in all directions
    spretande taggar på en sjöborre
    spines on a sea urchin that stick out in different directions
  3. (figuratively) to go all over the place (be unfocused)
    Filmen spretar åt alla möjliga håll
    The movie goes all over the place

Conjugation

Conjugation of spreta (weak)
active passive
infinitive spreta spretas
supine spretat spretats
imperative spreta —
imper. plural1 spreten —
present past present past
indicative spretar spretade spretas spretades
ind. plural1 spreta spretade spretas spretades
subjunctive2 sprete spretade spretes spretades
present participle spretande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

  • skreva (“spread one's legs apart”)

References

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